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Popular Foods That Actually Suck

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0:00 I don't like smash burgers, and I'm tired of acting like I do. >> What? >> I tried a bunch of times. I really genuinely did. Obviously, we I like our buddy. I'm happy for him with the smash burger spot. >> always. >> Love always. I'm very happy for Drew, and he's tight, and I love that guy. >> Wait, I don't understand. Like, it's What's wrong with your taste buds? >> patties. I miss a thick patty. >> miss? >> Why you got to smash it? I don't get what the smash >> Cuz it's crispy. >> I don't like the crispy. I don't like the crispy. >> But they just put two crispies on it. >> a steakhouse burger. >> I just want Yeah, exactly. >> I was raised with patties that are thick that go on the grill. >> I also like the steakhouse burger. >> Are you kidding me? >> Why are you yelling at me, dude? There's They're better. There There's more There's more room for red juiciness and tenderness on the inside. >> No! >> One thing I do miss, so I do like smash burgers. >> OH, YOU TOO?

0:50 >> I LIKE I do like smash burgers. I do like smash burgers. >> Hey, I'm out with you. >> But >> [laughter] >> I'm out. >> But But I also do miss when they go, "How would you like your burger, sir?" Smash burgers is just well done to the ████ >> But you know what though? Here's the thing. I This is what I think it is. It's Smash burgers are all the rage, and they're probably a lot cheaper to make. >> ████ yeah, there's no money in >> So, there's mostly Smash burger joints, and the ages of like a steakhouse burger are kind of gone. >> But some steak houses still got their patties. >> Yeah, of course. Of course. But you got to go to steakhouse. Like Amboy. You ever been to Amboy? In >> Yes, I have. >> In Chinatown? >> Chinatown? Oh, that place is bomb. >> So good. They have a nice little thick steak burger in there. >> It's all the same. You get it at Cisco. >> But you know it's a different texture. >> Yes. There's still meat on it. I don't want to lose >> tell you one thing that you can tell

1:41 hugely different from smash to steak, and I'm and I love both. I'm bisexual. With If you use If they tell you, "Hey, we use Wagyu ground beef," you cannot ████ tell once it's smash burger, cuz it's ████ smashed to a crisp. >> Thank you. >> steak burger, >> That's rendered off. >> you that it's wagyu. >> You're right. You're right. >> Quality meat on a smash burger, pointless. >> I I agree. But a smash burger is a smash burger. >> It's crispy. >> Yeah, but I'm too gay for it. >> [laughter] >> All right. Bart's bisexual, he can have both. >> Me, a smash burger is tasty, but like a steak burger is like >> It's also another level, too. >> Yes, it's a whole other >> Let's ████ go. >> I just feel like you're biting into a sponge. >> You just salute all of a sudden. >> What? Whoa, what the hell? >> You're biting into a wet sponge. >> So, we're biting into something hard and ████ like like an like a fried onion.

2:32 >> [laughter] >> You need an onion ring then, dude. >> A wet but you don't think it's like juicy and like >> By the way, if you want crispy, put ████ lettuce on it. How about that? And then a ████ tomato. >> I'll tell you this though, I do I do agree though you can taste the difference when they do do different kinds of cuts. Cuz remember that spot in Irvine we went to? And then that guy would make it out he would import sirloin and ████ ground it up by by and it's like it's not regular like ground beef. The problem is most places most burger places are just they're all the same. Unless you go to like a spot that's like we make our ████ patties here from these types of meats. But that's the rare but that's rare. Yeah, that's rare. That's what I'm saying though. You can't go to you can't go to like Hat and they're all the same. It you could go to Costco and get the same ████ like patty and then it's

3:23 it's ████ frozen. You just warm it up. It's the same ████ >> I think you got to be insecure about the meat to smash it down. That's what I think. >> [laughter] >> Prove your quality. Prove you're cheap on the meat and you got to smash it down. >> Dude, don't don't want to see you in this gay light, but my hot take is I ████ hate Chipotle. Like everyone loves it and everyone just like oh, let's go get the chipotle, man. >> I think everyone loved it 10 years ago. >> Everyone loved it 10 years ago, for sure. But I will say from time to time, I'm still hyped for promotions that they do on like Uber Eats and stuff, and it's still an affordable dinner with good proteins. >> Why you act like you go eat Chipotle, man? >> I literally said I Uber Eats it from when they have promotions. >> Oh, all right. Sorry. But, you got a family now. That's different. But, do you guys go there willingly? >> No, no. We order on Uber Eats like >> I'd rather go to the s████████ Mexican restaurant you could find that still

4:13 cooked by actual Mexicans than to go to Chipotle. >> Yeah, I would. >> But, do they deliver? Sometimes I'm just ordering on Postmates with when they have a promotion. >> That flavor, dude. Why would I want garbage delivered to my house? >> I think I'll get better portions at a ████ food shelter. >> I know. I I back you up. I get Chipotle ON UBER EATS. >> WHAT? >> I'M [laughter] SAYING GUESS WHAT? YOU OPEN that ████ up, and it's like there's this this little shallow part that's meat and like little tiny corn on top. >> No, it's healthy. >> What do you get? What do you get there? >> Like a burrito? >> They Tel Aviv you on THE ████ MEAT. >> [laughter] >> THEY DO. Telling you, man. >> [laughter] >> That is not cool. They go, "Let's give him as little as possible." >> Yeah. [laughter] >> And they're like, "F███ this guy." >> Yeah, this guy sucks. This guy couldn't even show come up show me his face. >> cheese or beans on your Chipotle or

5:04 guac? >> Everything, yeah. >> You said it was healthy. You ordered put sodium unhealthy. I'd rather just get McDonald's. >> The guac is healthier. >> You got a 2,000 calorie burrito. >> I'd rather get a >> I feel healthier. >> Nah. [laughter] >> Cuz it has lettuce >> I'd rather get Vietnamese food, and it's like a 1,000 cal. >> Do you Do you guys see the Chipotle >> the Chipotle CEO recently? He came out, and he's like, "Look, no." I was like, "No." He's like, Yeah, [laughter] he's committing sepuku. No, he he came out and said, "Actually, Chipotle is very cool about portions. And if you ever ask for more, we're going to give you more." And I don't And the whole internet started laughing at him cuz they're like, "Cool, here's my bowl from earlier. Like, ████ you, man." It's just the portions are are ridiculous now. It used to be they actually gave you what you wanted. Now, they're just Tel Aviv-ing every little ████ amount of ████ >> ruined Chipotle. >> even >> like the flavor. >> You know when everybody was doing the let me get a half scoop actually double

5:54 half they would do all this ████ hacks where they would scoop and get more and kind of exploit the Chipotle line. I think that's what ruined it all. >> You think? >> Yeah, I think that's what ruined it. >> Private equity ruined it. >> Yep. >> Cuz they got scooped up by private equity and then they started going nuts on all the season. >> You know why I don't like Chipotle? It tastes like I made it. It tastes like I looked at a Mexican recipe and I'm like, oh I want to remake that and I make it and I'm like, why the ████ does it taste like ████ >> Well, that's why they have like god damn Tabasco all over that joint. >> Yeah, you have to. >> [laughter] >> You know what I don't like? >> It would taste better if it didn't have any seasoning on it. >> You know what I don't like? That people like Trader Joe's. Come at me. ████ come at ████ come at me right now. I know you're going to ████ come at me. >> Yeah, what's your gripe? What's wrong with Trader Joe's? Just cuz there's a couple recalls you get a little bits of glass in it. >> But that's what you get for eating

6:44 Trader Ming's, dude. >> Dude, sorry. What were you saying? >> That's racist. >> [laughter] >> Are you talking about the frozen food cuz the frozen food does suck ass. >> Well, what's wrong with it? >> get all the frozen food. You got to know which one. >> Somebody let me speak once. >> You got to get you got to know what to get. >> All right. First of all, number one, okay? It's just a really rinky-dink small grocery store and so the same version of like all right, we got to go to the grocery store and you ████ got to get ready and stuff to go to the grocery store cuz it's a ████ thing, right? And then you go there with the kid with the kid. It's a thing. >> You got to dress up to go to Trader Joe's? >> That's That's a you thing. Anthony's different. >> You're trying to flirt at Trader Joe's, dude, with all the guys. >> Anthony has to pluck his eyebrows to go to Trader Joe's. >> First of all, these are not plucked. >> I go in tank top, dude, shorts. >> I still got a thing about this. They're They're all really really nice there, all the workers. >> They're trained to be. >> Sometimes it's weird. >> What? >> What's Why? What's weird about it? >> Like when they ring the bell.

7:34 >> They're just asking you about your day, dude. They don't really care. >> Yeah. >> They're all imported from Hawaii, dude. >> It's the Trader Joe's effect. You know, I was hoping the Trader Joe's effect was going to be the same as Chipotle where people start going crazy and agreeing. >> No, I'm pissed, dude. I'm ████ pissed. >> Don't wear sandals in Trader Joe's. >> Why? >> Because you're going to get ████ hit with shopping carts. >> It's so small. It's so small and everybody's there. It's just a weird experience. >> Trader Joe's is a go-to, especially in LA. They love to pick the worst parking lot of all time and they go, "Hey, let's have a Trader Joe's here. >> Let's have a >> We won't have high traffic. >> Let's have a Trader Joe's where a Coca-Cola truck is going to be parked horizontally in the lot. >> [laughter] >> Is there a place Is there a way we can eliminate more parking spots? And by the way, Trader Joe's doesn't even serve Coca-Cola, so why the ████ is a Coca-Cola truck there? >> Yeah, exactly. >> What I do like about Trader Joe's cuz it's small is you can get your shopping done quickly.

8:24 >> I love that. >> It's like 5 minutes in and out. >> It's efficient. >> Woah, dude. >> If you go to a new Trader Joe's, you're ████ >> [snorts] >> cuz you have to know the layout of your Trader Joe's. >> You got to know your layout. >> I do know the layout. >> You got to know the layout. >> Cuz if compared to a regular grocery store, it's like 10 minutes just one aisle. Just to walk all the way to the >> But they But they are somewhat standardized though. Depending on what store you go to, they always have the paper towels and the soaps and the the skin care on one side. I go to Trader Joe's like every day. >> It's alcohol. I'm just saying. >> By the way, do you I guess you love getting dog ████ paper towels? Is that your thing? >> Oh, I don't get paper towels there, dude. Only you ████ noobs get paper towels at Trader Joe's. Yeah. It's single ply at Trader Joe's. >> That's what I'm saying. I'm like, I'm going to go to Costco. Why are we going to Trader Joe's? >> No, they're like, "You know, it's healthy for the earth." And I'm like, "Cool, the soap doesn't ████ work. How about that? How about that?" >> Don't buy the dish washing soap. >> 3 hours getting groceries?

9:14 >> Dude, you go to Costco every time? >> Bro, you got to go on runs, bro. I go on runs. >> Joe's has stuff that other places don't have though. >> Shut up. >> Jason Cheny. >> [laughter] >> Shut up. >> Thank you, Jason Cheny. >> Shut up on this podcast show. WHO INVITED YOU HERE? >> [laughter] >> YOU'RE NOT A GUEST. SHUT UP. >> SO, what what is it some What is something you don't like that everyone else likes? no, >> share, dude. It's not a safe space like you think it is. >> [laughter] >> Especially when you have a bad take. If you have a bad take, it's a bad take. >> Okay, mister, the parking lot is some ████ Pasadena. >> [laughter] >> I'm right though, dude. Come on, you know I'm right. >> That's why it's not good. I SAID IT'S NOT GOOD. >> I'm a robot car parking me wherever I go, dude. I got to do it myself. >> I got a robot car. >> That's a diss on Anthony. >> Yeah, so what is your favorite thing that or thing that you hate that everyone else likes? >> No, shut up, Jason. Hey, Chex Mix sucks. >> Chex Mix is really good. >> Yeah. Thank you, Jason.

10:04 >> Um >> [clears throat] >> I what uh >> Here we go. >> What does everybody love but you hate it? >> I don't What do I hate? What do >> I don't think you really hate it. >> know what you hate. What do you hate? >> I don't really hate a lot of stuff is the thing. >> Do you like all the condom brands? >> Oh, um condoms I hate. >> Yeah, I hate condoms. >> That's the first thing you thought of? >> Condoms are too tight. >> [laughter] >> Too big for me. >> Everybody seems to like them. I don't like them. What's the hype? >> [laughter] >> They don't fit. >> If it's halfway >> They slide right off. >> Okay, maybe like uh like an electric toothbrush thing. >> Okay. >> I like electric toothbrush. >> You don't No, what do you >> [laughter] >> What does everyone like but you hate? >> Everybody hates electric toothbrush. >> I didn't I know I would >> I Earlier he was like, "Broccoli." I'm

10:54 like, "I think every >> Oh, yeah. [laughter] Oh, yeah. You Earlier you said it broccoli. >> What's your gripe with broccoli? >> I hold on. So, are we supposed to say the thing we like or no, man? >> You ate ████ >> Okay. God, I was just trying to make sure I get the prompt. There Why won't you say this in the beginning? >> I just said it right now. >> Um >> You know how like the Nazis felt about Jews? That feeling. >> Let me let me think. >> Do you know what Jews are? >> Uh >> Give another example, quick. Yeah, yeah, another one. Another one. What's another one? >> Good stall, dude. Give us your ████ take. >> Stall it. >> Okay, okay, fine. Then Okay, the toothbrush thing. I don't like traditional tooth toothbrush. >> I DON'T THINK ANYONE LIKES BRUSHING THEIR TEETH. >> OH, ████ ████ THIS IS really hard though. All right. >> Cuz if the other people like it >> Woah, are you willing to admit that? >> I don't like this thing. Most people probably like it.

11:44 >> Let me think. Will, what do you think I don't like? You know me better than me sometimes. I'll be thinking. >> [laughter] >> Okay, that's true. Oh, I got it. I got it. >> That was a deep one. >> Saving money. Bro, why would you say this in front of everybody? >> They just buy a new car. They did just buy a new >> But, I don't think anyone likes saving money. >> Honestly, that's true. >> So, it's not The game here is everyone We know everyone loves pizza. >> Yes. >> And then you're and you go I I don't like pizza. And everyone goes, "F███ YOU, JASON. YOU BETTER LIKE PIZZA." >> Pizza ████ >> That's the That's the thing. Okay, let's do it. >> Pizza Hut just got bought by private equity. So, they they already sucked before. >> Took them that long? >> Right? And now [clears throat] they just got So, Yum Brands just sold off Pizza Hut. So, it's about to get real bad. >> No, maybe it maybe it'll be better.

12:34 >> When [laughter] does it ever get better after private equity? >> I can't name one time. >> Yeah, I can't >> I can't name one time. >> I can't name one time either. >> Yeah. >> How about you, Jason? Can you name one time private equity made a brand better? >> Toothbrushes. >> [laughter] >> Big dentistry. >> That's just what you You set the game. You set the game. >> It's not a safe space in here, dude. I'm telling you. >> Oh, ████ I always think it is though. >> a pain ████ So, I keep coming back. >> Never safe in here.

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